Dedication

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-v

List of Figures and Tables

pp vi-vii

About the Author

pp viii-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-x

Series Editors’ Preface

pp xi-xiv

Introduction

pp xv-xxii

1 - Conceptualising Paid Domestic Work

pp 1-38

2 - Behind the Words: Introducing the Research Project and Respondents

pp 39-60

3 - Nuances in the Politics of Demand for Outsourced Housecleaning

pp 61-82

4 - The Imperfect Contours of Outsourced Domestic Cleaning as Dirty Work

pp 83-100

5 - Domestic Cleaning: Work or Labour

pp 101-128

6 - Meanings of Domestic Cleaning as Work and Labour

pp 129-166

7 - The Occupational Relations of Domestic Cleaning as Work and Labour

pp 167-190

8 - Concluding the Book, Continuing the Journey

pp 191-200

Appendices

Appendix A - Sample demographics

pp 201-217

Appendix B - Selection of webpages consulted on Mumsnet and Netmums

pp 218-220

Notes

pp 221-228

References

pp 229-264

Index

pp 265-270